PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Sedano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuri Boyka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Boyka
vs
Sedano

177 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yuri Boyka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abraham Sedano!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka shoots for a takedown but Sedano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Boyka closes the distance and clinches up with Sedano, looking for a takedown. Boyka pushes Sedano against the cage but Sedano circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Sedano gets a double leg takedown into Boyka's guard.
Sedano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Boyka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sedano scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sedano slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sedano pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boyka is keeping the position for now.
Sedano slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Abraham Sedano has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Boyka manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sedano on his heels. He'll look to pass Sedano's guard now, I'm sure.
Boyka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sedano wants to sweep but no luck.
Boyka throwing strikes from guard but Sedano blocks nicely.
Sedano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Boyka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sedano is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka looking to sit in guard and control but Sedano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sedano is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sedano advances to half guard.
Boyka moves into full guard.
Sedano is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sedano postures up and lands a big shot to Boyka's brow.
Sedano working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boyka's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sedano slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sedano scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sedano stays in close to Boyka's body and controls the position.
Sedano is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sedano slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sedano is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sedano is working Boyka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sedano postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sedano lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sedano looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sedano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boyka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boyka being controlled here, momentarily.
Boyka working a defensive guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sedano with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abraham Sedano dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Boyka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sedano sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sedano has a takedown stuffed.
Sedano closes the distance and clinches up with Boyka, looking for a takedown. Sedano pushes Boyka against the cage but Boyka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boyka stuffs the takedown.
Yuri Boyka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abraham Sedano.

Sedano fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Boyka to the ground. Sedano is now in Boyka's guard.
Boyka is trying to control the position but Sedano postures up.
Sedano sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Boyka wants to stand and escape but Sedano is having none of it.
Sedano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

We're going to have a standup here because Yuri Boyka wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Boyka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sedano sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sedano shoots for a takedown but Boyka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sedano circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sedano.
Boyka has his takedown stuffed

and Sedano counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice strikes from Sedano there.
Sedano seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sedano frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Boyka is in a horrible position here. Sedano smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sedano fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sedano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sedano takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sedano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sedano has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyka's face.
Sedano raining down shots from the mount!
Sedano sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sedano with shots to the head and body - Boyka looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sedano controlling from the full mount.
Sedano working the ground and pound effectively.

Boyka is rocked!
Abraham Sedano has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sedano lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Boyka is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sedano postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Boyka bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Sedano and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abraham Sedano!